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Square Footage Question
Q: How do you figure out how much square footage of flooring you need to cover a room? My room measures 15.4 x 11. Which I was told was a little over 165…
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Hairspray on Laminate Flooring
Q: I’m looking for a way to remove hairspray from a laminate floor. Can you assist me? A: A paste of baking soda and water is effective for removing…
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How can you tell the difference in laminate flooring?
When you look at a laminate floor it is very tough with your eyes to detect the differences between a awesome laminate and a crappy laminate. (Sorry to…
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3/4″ Bruce Hardwood Installation Question – Door Transitions
Q: I’ve bought the material to install 3/4″ Bruce pre-finished hardwood. I’ll install it against the front door, looks like the door threshold will be…
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True Luxury –
If you ever wondered what a truly luxurious American floor looks like let me show you: This is a WIDE plank Hickory flooring with a hand scraped…
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Best Floor for Pets
Q: I am looking for some advice as to what type of floor would function best for pets. My husband and I live in Tampa FL and we do dog and cat rescue…
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Bubinga Deep Cognac from Westhollow – Will Adding More Finish Help?
Q: I have installed the 3″ Bubinga Deep Cognac Westhollow® Wood 3/8″ Engineered. I wanted to know if I could put a coat of wood floor polyurethane on…
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A Holiday Miracle
We are shipping so many orders and samples that the volume is tough to keep up! Recently we have had so many orders for samples the guys have been buried…
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Travel again
Well I took a quick trip on the red eye Saturday to New Jersey from Seattle to check out a couple location potentials there. Very promising. Also popped…
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Subfloor Prep for Laminate Flooring
Q: I am ready to purchase 10mm laminate flooring for my family room. I pulled the old carpet and noticed some of the subfloor joints were uneven. I made…
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Cognac Horizontal Satin – Ming Dynasty Bamboo Install Follow-up
Q: I have a couple of more quick questions. 1) will I need to glue the tongue/groove as well? (with a different type of adhesive obviously) 2) Is the…
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Question on Molding
Q: I’m having laminate installed in my kitchen. Since there are several different transition areas, I want to order the transitional 4-in-one molding that…
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Cleaning a Mullican Hardwood Floor
Q: I am presently installing Mullican wood flooring throughout my house. It has a 25 year warranty and says it has an Aluminum Oxide finish. I am not…
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Holidays and Floors
As a bit of a tribute to Thanksgiving, I wanted to put out some advice to anyone trying to get their new floor in by the holidays. For the flooring…
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Thanksgiving Holiday
Happy Thanksgiving. I will take a couple days off Blogging to enjoy turkey!
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Snapping, Popping, Creaking Floor
Q: I had an Alloc floating floor installed and it started popping and creaking immediately. A floor inspector came out and found nothing wrong with the…
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Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty line of bamboo has always been about high end fashion and design. The design inspiration seems like it mirrors the cutting edge in…
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Stair Nosing Installation Question
Q: We recently ordered an engineered hardwood floor (Appalachian) for our kitchen, living room, and hallway. Most of the installation should be…
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Envirochoice Cork
A quick overstock of cork has become your opportunity to invest in top quality cork flooring at great savings for you. This overstocked cork is just…
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Laminate Underlayment Question
Q: I have installed several Pergo floors in the past using Pergo’s SilentStep. I really liked the quietness of the floors with this underlayment. How does…
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Bourbon Angelim Stained
5″ Angelim Stained – Bourbon Westhollow® Wood Exotic Solid Hardwood If you are looking for a spectacular wide planked floor take a peek at the Angelim…
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Flooring a Home Office
Q: What is the best material for home office flooring? My biggest concern is for the high loading and scuffing associated with desk chair casters. I do…
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Self Adhesive Tile
Q: Looking for a tile that i can just peel the paper off from the back and place on the the floor, what should i be looking for? Thank you for any help…
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Laminate with Dogs?
Q: I’m considering installing laminate wood flooring in my home. I have 4 small dogs, and wondered if this wood like laminate flooring is tough enough to…
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Carpet Tiles that really work
I have seen a ton of carpet tiles used in the past. Most are commercial in style which can be fine. The residential styles that are now emerging are…
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Cognac Horizontal Satin – Ming Dynasty Bamboo Install
Q: I’m planning to install “Cognac Horizontal Satin – Ming Dynasty Bamboo” over a concrete sub-floor using the glue down installation. I was hoping you…
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ONE DAY ONLY – NOVEMBER 15th
Our first time ever (and possibly the last – the costs for this are killing me!) we are offering YOU the choice: NO SALES TAX –OR– 18 Months No Payments…
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Cupping on New Floors
Q: Katrina Renovations Deep in the South: Our home is located within walking distance from a near by lake. Due to Hurricane Katrina, we lost part of our…
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HOT DEALS
Country Cabin $3.09/SF Handscraped Oiled Plank : Ash Natural Dark $4.89/SF Handscraped Oiled Plank : Tiger Ash Natural $4.59/SF Handscraped Vintage…
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3/4″ Naildown on Concrete – Follow Up
I heard back from Gordon after his question about nailing down a 3/4″ solid floor to concrete – so here’s our follow up work with him. Q: The only problem…
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Hardwood Flooring – Handscraped Angelim
Some photos of a customer success. A great story!
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3/4″ Naildown on Concrete
Q: Hi I have been looking at the different flooring options for a while now. It seems the widest selection is in the 3/4″ solid line. I have concrete…
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Photo recap- flooring tour in Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis
I thought I would share some quick photos of my great experience recently in the mid west touring stores. Great people, great customers and excellent…
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Shaw Arden Heights
Q: I am trying to find a product called Shaw Style “Arden Heights” #50108 Color 08305 Valley Green. Can you tell me who makes this product or where I can…
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Foam Flooring?
Q: hi, one of my friends just had new flooring put down in her apt. They way that she describes the floor is “foam flooring.” I can’t seem to find…
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Laminate Brand Wars: Shaw Not Rated?
Q: I did not find Shaw mentioned or rated in the brand war article. I am looking at Shaw single strip 5.5″ wide plank. It has a decent warranty and I like…
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Rip and Renew – on HGTV – BEAUTIFUL Design!
The recent episode of Rip and Renew featured some flooring from iFLOOR.com and Woodstock MW – hand scraped wide plank hardwood as well as the great…
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Cork Underlayment and Radiant Heat
Q: We are ready to buy an engineered wood floating floor, but have gotten stuck on an issue. I have a single story house built in 1951 with slab radiant…
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Westhollow Solid Brazilian Cherry meets Asian Decor – Stunning Design
Wow. That is about all I can say. A customer recently submitted photos of their new Westhollow solid Brazilian Cherry flooring in the wide plank version…
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Engineered Floor Stability
Q: I just finished installing a new lock-and-fold engineered hardwood. I had some problems with getting the concrete subfloor level in the bedroom and…
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How to Glue Down Hardwood – A FREE Video online right now
We have alot of talented folks in the building here and they put their heads together to shot a video on how to install a glue down hardwood. In the case…
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Using Laminate as Decking – Can this work?
Q: We winter in Mesa, AZ and are building a deck. We have been told the laminate flooring will withstand the heat in the summer and can be used. What is…
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Moven on Up! – To Saso Park Avenue Flooring
I just spent a week touring stores in the midwest and man they were awesome. At that time I saw the new product introduced called Saso – a 2008 Flooring…
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Douglas Fir Flooring
Q: Our house was built in 1922. The majority of the house has oak flooring, but it seems that the bed rooms were done in Douglas Fir. A few years back…
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Bruce Pegged Hardwood Flooring
While Steve is on the road visiting the great folks we have around the country, I stepped in here to help out on a somewhat difficult situation: Q: Steve…
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Laminate Flooring Reviews
Q: I am considering putting in laminate flooring in all of our house except bedrooms but have some concerns. How do they stand up to pet stains and…
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The 1 Million Dollar Guarantee
Have you noticed that manufacturers and retailers claim that if you buy on the Internet you will void your warranty? Oh sure, in some cases they offer a…
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Restoring Shine to a Bamboo Floor
Q: Hi Flooring expert, We have had our bamboo kitchen floor for close to 8 years. We love the floor, but after so many years, we notice that the shine is…
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How Much Flooring Do I Need?
Q: we live in a mobile home that the flooring is in pretty good shape. my question is how much flooring will we need if we do our living room which…